Beatrice Elachi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Seconded. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Bill. First of all, I would like to thank the drafters of the Bill for ensuring that indeed the definitions of certain technical terms have been explained in the Bill. For many years, those who have been engaging in mineral prospecting have been complaining about those terms. The Mining Bill has come at the right time when Kenya is experiencing massive growth within the mining sector. The Bill aims to revoke the existing legislations relating to mining and to establish a new legal framework for management of mineral resources in ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is why I said that some years to come we will have to amend the same Acts we are creating because at that time different communities within counties will have realised that they have different minerals which they do not tap. I know that minerals are state controlled. However, we should not forget that. That is why I said that we must make sure that within the law, conflict which may arise is taken care of. I agree with Sen. Sang. Within counties, we have communities. The communities will claim that they were the indigenous ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and Sen. Sang. As I wind up, I thank this Senate for the work that it has done today from morning up to now. We have talked about natural resources and minerals of our country; proceeds that we believe are the future of the generation to come. If we finalise on that, we will have unlocked the precious mines of our people and unlocked the fruits that God gave us. The Bible says that it is only after 50 years within a jubilee season that you can see fruits that you were blessed with. ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to support what Sen. Hassan has said. The Senate needs to understand whether certain mechanisms that have been put in place to ensure that the media houses are back on air. We need to ask ourselves whether the set- top boxes available can serve all Kenyans. The Communication Authority of Kenya should guide us to understand if the rolling of the programme is going to be friendly to Kenyans or discriminatory. More importantly also, we need to know, through the Report that the Committee was to table in this House whether, indeed, the issues ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. Indeed, in addition to the Bills that the Senate Deputy Majority Leader has talked about, there are Bills regarding allocation to counties and revenue to counties. We, therefore, need to go through them and meet the constitutional deadline. We will need guidance from the Speaker especially on the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 17 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When the proposal of the ceilings came into this House, it was meant to assist the executive and the county assembly. But I think what went wrong beyond that is that the CRA and the Controller of Budget have now continued to put the ceilings on one arm of government and to leave the executive. But then, also, it is three months to June and I think what we need to ask ourselves as the House is how do we assist the county assemblies from now to June, because they are in crisis? It will ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed when I read the newspapers on Sunday, I was saddened because I knew very well that if there is one thing the Rules and Business Committee of the Senate does is to look at all Bills and to prioritize them accordingly. Plagiarism is a crime and I think one of the things that we should tell Members of the National Assembly, who we respect a lot is that, when you plagiarize, you take somebody’s intellect. When they put the same Bill on the Order Paper, I think it is time we asked the Speaker of the ... view
• 17 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also want to send my condolences to the people of Mandera. One of the challenges that we face in our country today is that even orders from the President himself are not implemented. Some people are so comfortable in the positions that they were given by Kenyans to work that they do not care. I remember very well that in August last year, the President ordered the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces to ensure that border between Mandera and Somali is clearly marked so that it can be protected. But the issue ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Moroccan delegation and the Ambassador for giving his time during the four days they have been here. Indeed, when the Senators travelled to Morocco the Speaker of Morocco ensured that they met senior Government officials. We hope that as we build a legislative framework in a bicameral system, we shall benefit from the experience in Morocco. We also know that Tanzania is trying to come up with a new Constitution. We hope that they will also learn from the lessons that we have learnt as Kenyans. As they consider the local ... view